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Five Things to Know About Congress’ Vote to Ban Microbeads
Included as exfoliators in many common soaps and cosmetics, microbeads now pollute waterways worldwide
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A French Scientist Says the Mona Lisa is Hiding a Portrait of Another Woman
Some art experts, however, are skeptical
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Cities Are Letting Drivers Pay Parking Fines with Holiday Food Donations
Albany, Lexington, Boston and Tallahassee are all promoting the giving spirit
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One-Fifth of Americans Are Online Almost Every Moment
Admit it. You’re among their ranks.
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NASA Needs Your Help Snapping and Processing Images of Jupiter
The public will help direct JunoCam as it twirls past Jupiter next July
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A Buddha in Japan Is Missing Half of Its Curls
What happened to the Buddha of Nara’s famous ‘do?
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A Space-Based Physics Lab Could Help Scientists Study How Gravity Warps Spacetime
The LISA Pathfinder Probe could help reveal the ripples caused by black holes and supernovae
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Smithsonian Journeys Travel Quarterly: Inca Road
Visit Machu Picchu With Google Street View
Armed with a backpack and 15 high-res cameras, Google just tackled one of the world’s wonders
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The Word “Taser” Comes From a Young Adult Sci-Fi Novel
Massively popular at the time, the Tom Swift books have not aged very well
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Yearbook Photos Show How Smiles Have Widened Over the Decades
An analysis of roughly 38,000 high-school senior portraits shows Americans’ frowns turning upside down
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This Holograph Can Be Touched and Manipulated
Tiny interactive displays use lasers to create touchable plasma
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A Brief History of Cranberries
Pucker up: Thanksgiving (and plenty of cranberry sauce) is almost here
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First Reusable Rocket Launched and Landed Safely Back on Earth
Blue Origin’s ship cruised to the edge of space and back in a mere 11 minutes
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In Brazil, Subway Reading Means a Ticket to Ride
These books encourage reading by doubling as subway tickets
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A New Rose Is Part Plant, Part Color-Changing Machine
Innovation has never looked so pretty
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The Many Ways to “Dance Your Ph.D”
Once again, researchers get creative in a yearly dance competition to explain their Ph.D. thesis work
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Hundreds of Thousands March With Hope for Climate Action
Demonstrations around the world have already begun in the days leading up to the Paris climate summit
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These Videos Will Change the Way You Think About Travel Photography Forever
A new technique lets you zoom through the world without leaving your desk
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A Gothic Chapel Is Transformed Into a Spectacular Sky
Staring at the ceiling has never been so inspiring
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Five Things to Know About the Genetically Engineered Salmon Approved by the FDA
Sustainable seafood or “Frankenfish”?
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